Our Family Moments...

Its a blessing affair, and therefore lil' Koi arrives 24mths later...

Happily enjoying parenthood with our Precious son, Sufi...

Once Upon A Time... Our love story begins....

The 3rd Pregnancy... 33weeks and I won my first game of Scrabble!!

For now, into my 33weeks I have started to feel numbness for a mere 5secs & lil' ''bubble'' will stay still during that few seconds... I am not sure if i need to be alarmed about it but so far it has happened twice today. I was thinking maybe if it happens for the third time, I should be rushing to the hospital just to make sure that baby is alright. Never felt like this before, no such encounters as much as i can remember during my 1st & 2nd pregnancy. Hubby was quite puzzled too. But thank God, its moving actively as ever kicking & swirling like no body business... Its true that my 3rd pregnancy is so far smooth-sailing with not much aching or those small tiny miny hiccups but gosh, its really tiring after all my work & chores, and not mentioning the two older boys at home. I am trying hard to make every MAN in the house feeling loved always... So far i think i did well thats what hubby has been telling me... Enough of me, I think it is time for me to slowly minimise my WAHM schedule, taking more rest than ever and not forgetting a lil sunshine to keep me fresh... And not forgetting, my 'labour bag' which i have not planned yet at the moment, busy with the preparing the arrival of the lil' ''bubble''... I will start on it... And not forgetting... I won my first game of Scrabble beating hubby by a few points!!

My feet

Too much walking and working... the contrusion is getting back on track. The fact is, regular massage & briskwalking did help during the past weeks... I have even reduce my work visits to the SingPost, it helps really! but i guess taking advantage of the fact it has heal, i step back to do my chores.... Last night, the whole night it went berserk, and damn definitely not water-retention as my gynae told me its within the acceptable rate... Whenever i pass by my kids room, i re-capped on how clumsy i am as to drop that large book on my feet !!

What I have read...

Breastfeeding Information, Support & Attitude

The #1 site for Breastfeeding Information, Support & Attitude! Scientific research suggests that breastfeeding might reduce risk of Breast Cancer, Ovarian cancer, Osteoporosis and now it might lower the risk of developing diabetes. Research suggests that Breastfeeding might protect babies and their mothers from developing diabetes. There is a plausible connection that a breast-feeding mothers' metabolism changes to lower the risk of developing diabetes the longer she nurses. Dr. Alison Stuebe, leading author and a researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, states that the metabolic changes may help keep blood sugar levels stable and make the body more sensitive to the blood sugar-regulating hormone insulin. Lower blood-sugar levels seem to be more apparent in breastfeeding mothers over mothers that did not breastfeed based on evidence in a study with rats and humans. The new study, published in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, involved 157,000 nurses who participated in two long-running health studies. They filled out periodic health questionnaires and were followed for at least 12 years. During the study, 6,277 participants developed type 2 diabetes. Women who breast-fed for at least one year were about 15 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who never breast-fed. For each additional year of breast-feeding, there was an additional 15 percent decreased risk. The first study began in 1976. 6.3 percent of women who breast-fed less than one year or not at all developed diabetes, compared with 5.5 percent of women who breast-fed for more than a year. The second study began in 1989. The rates were 1.9 percent and 1.1 percent respectively. With diabetes the nation's sixth-leading cause of death and 82 million U.S. women of childbearing age, even a small risk reduction could have a big effect, Stuebe said. Stuebe states that, continuous breast-feeding for at least one year appeared to be slightly better than breast-feeding each child for shorter durations, but the differences were minimal. Schwartz said the results might reflect the healthy lifestyles of women who breast-feed rather than breast-feeding itself. Exercise, diet and smoking did not change the results according to researchers. Previous research has suggested breast-feeding might reduce women's risk of breast and ovarian cancer and osteoporosis, said Dr. Ruth Lawrence of the University of Rochester in New York, author of a medical textbook on breast-feeding, she also called the results compelling. Lawrence states that if diabetes could be added to that list, the effect would be substantial. Breast-feeding has numerous health benefits for babies, too, so encouraging mothers to nurse "is kind of a win-win from a public health standpoint," Stuebe said. Sources: www.breastfeeding.com

The March School Holidays has ended..

Its a break for the boys, they are very happy when i told them earlier that it will be 5 days off from school and happened that its my Antenatal last week and hubby was home most time too. They had fun which i tried hard to entertained them thou i have some work to do. Apart from the short dinner at JB, we had lots of fun doing art & crafts at home, going to the library and just cuddling each other So today, they are off to school and i am back alone at home, clearing my stuff and so on blablahhh blahhh.... Suddenly, I missed them... missed them terribly. hhmmm... emo.

Into My 32weeks...

Its really fast. I didnt realised that its almost the end of my pregnancy. Alhamdulillah, my 3rd pregnancy is going smoothly than ever. Well, my 1st & 2nd pregnancy was much a weakling for me and am really glad tha things just went smoothly the way both of us had planned. Thou its gonna be another boy, and my! our new ''bubble'' a real active swimmers! Swimming happily inside me... and yah my ribcage has started to give me signs of bursting!!